# Cute spider video. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185 "2010-01-24T02:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/1 "2010-01-24T02:06:27Z")
> **[Dropout - Independent, ad-free, uncensored comedy](https://signup.dropout.tv/)** > > Independent, ad-free, uncensored comedy. Watch new episodes of Dimension 20, Um, Actually, Game Changer every week. Awe, look at the little fella. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/2 "2010-01-24T03:53:34Z")
I screamed. No, really, I screamed. I must make many other people watch this video. You are evil. I like you. šŸ™‚ Edited to add: And that other thread wondered why people donā€™t want to go to Australia? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/3 "2010-01-24T03:58:02Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > I screamed. > > No, really, I screamed. > > I must make many other people watch this video. > > You are evil. I like you. šŸ™‚ > > Edited to add: And that other thread wondered why people donā€™t want to go to Australia? I know! I saw it and said out loud ā€œand thatā€™s why Iā€™m never going to Australiaā€. Iā€™ve not stopped itching and swatting at my own head since I watched it. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/4 "2010-01-24T04:12:28Z")
I \*like \*all creatures chitinous and hexapodal. When I see a bug in the house, I gently take it outside while reassuring it in a soothing tone. I keep trying to raise the caterpillars I find in the garden. Iā€™ve been trying to train myself not to be afraid of spiders. When I saw the spider fall on that guyā€™s head, I shrieked. Guh. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/5 "2010-01-24T04:15:10Z")
Well, I sort of suspected it was going to fall on his head, or jump on his head, so I was prepared. I love spiders, and that was a beautiful one. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/6 "2010-01-24T04:49:28Z")
Yes, itā€™s true: we made up the drop-bear to distract the tourists from the terrifying drop-spider. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/7 "2010-01-24T05:31:21Z")
I am familiar with the words in the thread title individually, but together they just donā€™t make any sense. (That beast aimed right for his head! Gahhhhhhhh! Reminds me of the scene from the beginning of ā€œArachnophobia.ā€) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/8 "2010-01-24T06:03:20Z")
So it cocooned the humans for later consumption, right? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/9 "2010-01-24T08:15:52Z")
If a spider is big enough for a saddle then have the decency to keep a flamethrower at the ready. Am I the only one who heard Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the backgroundā€¦ ā€œRun away, run awayā€. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/10 "2010-01-24T08:25:30Z")
Iā€™m really scared to death of spiders, but I have to admit that the spider in that video was really a pretty one. Does that mean Iā€™m slowly getting past my fear? Sort of? No. Iā€™ll bet not. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/11 "2010-01-24T14:23:53Z")
We have spiders that big in Florida. Iā€™ve had two in my homeā€“one in the shower, which I was getting ready to step into until I saw it. My dad vacuumed the spider up, but he left one of its hairy legs behind. So disgusting. We called them ā€œhousekeepersā€ because they ate bugs and so forth, but I just googled and saw they are also called huntsman spiders, the same as in the video. > **[Florida Nature: Heteropoda venatoria - Huntsman Spider](http://www.floridanature.org/species.asp?species=Heteropoda_venatoria)** > > Florida Nature: Heteropoda venatoria - Huntsman Spider, Housekeeping Spider, Banana Spider ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/12 "2010-01-24T14:47:43Z")
My flesh jumped right off my bones and is now curled into a fetal position in the corner, whimpering. Holy hell, man, freaking Shelob is on your ceiling and youā€™re going to try to catch her in _Tupperware??_ Are you trying to keep the evil fresh? ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/13 "2010-01-24T18:19:01Z")
> [@kapri](#): > > We have spiders that big in Florida. Great :eek: Adds Florida to THE LIST ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/14 "2010-01-24T18:55:10Z")
> [@kapri](#): > > [Florida Nature: Heteropoda venatoria - Huntsman Spider](http://www.floridanature.org/species.asp?species=Heteropoda_venatoria) AAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!! I refuse to watch the video. I donā€™t want to make my roommates think there was a serial killer hidden in my closet. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/15 "2010-01-24T19:05:30Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > My flesh jumped right off my bones and is now curled into a fetal position in the corner, whimpering. > > Holy hell, man, freaking Shelob is on your ceiling and youā€™re going to try to catch her in _Tupperware??_ Are you trying to keep the evil fresh? Rubbermaid voids their warranty if you catch spiders, not so with Tupperware. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/16 "2010-01-24T19:40:58Z")
That poor little camera girl is probably traumatized for life. Careful daddy indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/17 "2010-01-24T19:42:57Z")
What did she say at the end? ā€˜I told you not a flaming spiderā€™? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/18 "2010-01-24T19:53:13Z")
I thought the thread was going to be about this video: [Spiders on Drugs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc) (not scary) ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/19 "2010-01-24T19:55:05Z")
Imagine if Peter Parker had been bitten by that spider instead. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185/20 "2010-01-24T20:33:42Z")
After the camera fell and they both ran away, screaming, I expected to see the spider walk by. Sort of like Blair Witch Project. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-spider-video/526185.md?page=2)